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From: jch on 17 Apr 2010 23:39 jch wrote: > Anyone here use Microsoft Security Essentials? I don't have any > experience with it but wondered how it compared to AVG, Avast, etc. I decided to try MSE myself. I chose to install it on my older desktop PC with XPSP3, a 1.6GHz Intel CPU and 1 GB RAM but the CPU is only a single core. The trial lasted about a day as MSE slowed my PC down to a crawl and I reinstalled AVG9. With MSE it took 30sec or more to bring up IE8 and another 30 to go to a link (any link). Other tasks such as clicking on Start -> Settings -> Control Panel took forever. Just going into Windows Explorer took almost 45 sec. Terribly slow. Uninstalling MSE, returning to a previous setpoint via System Restore, and reinstalling AVG9, brought the system back to its usual quickness. Your mileage may vary especially if you have a multi-core CPU (eg, dual or quad) but for my system MSE completely bogged it down.
From: Stephen Wolstenholme on 18 Apr 2010 05:15 On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:39:54 -0400, "jch" <jch(a)nospam.com> wrote: >jch wrote: >> Anyone here use Microsoft Security Essentials? I don't have any >> experience with it but wondered how it compared to AVG, Avast, etc. > >I decided to try MSE myself. I chose to install it on my older desktop PC >with XPSP3, a 1.6GHz Intel CPU and 1 GB RAM but the CPU is only a single >core. The trial lasted about a day as MSE slowed my PC down to a crawl and >I reinstalled AVG9. With MSE it took 30sec or more to bring up IE8 and >another 30 to go to a link (any link). Other tasks such as clicking on >Start -> Settings -> Control Panel took forever. Just going into Windows >Explorer took almost 45 sec. Terribly slow. Uninstalling MSE, returning to >a previous setpoint via System Restore, and reinstalling AVG9, brought the >system back to its usual quickness. Your mileage may vary especially if you >have a multi-core CPU (eg, dual or quad) but for my system MSE completely >bogged it down. > > It odd how MSE seems to vary. I use MSE in real time mode on a single processor XP system and it is does not slow anything down at all. Steve -- Neural Planner Software Ltd www.NPSL1.com EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. www.justnn.com
From: "Quilljar" not on 18 Apr 2010 10:03 I have used MSE with Win 7 64 bit since it came out and have no problems at all with it. It is fast and simple and effective for me. For belt and braces I have Immunet also installed. Q
From: Brian Cryer on 23 Apr 2010 04:52 "Char Jackson" <none(a)none.invalid> wrote in message news:lju1t5pta9uvrrvh9fhugak1ofqj7m33km(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:18:15 +0100, "Brian Cryer" <not.here(a)localhost> > wrote: <snip> >>Belt and braces - simply means to play safe by using more than one method >>(each of which on their own might be sufficient). The expression takes its >>origin from trousers (or "pants" for those from the US), where either a >>belt >>or braces could be used to keep them up, so using both is being doubly >>safe. > > Braces? Took me a second to realize you were referring to suspenders! > :-) I'm often amazed at the differences between British English and American English. I hadn't appreciated that "braces" (British English) were "suspenders" (American English). In the UK "suspenders" have a slightly different meaning, referring to the things women wear to hold up stockings. -- Brian Cryer www.cryer.co.uk/brian
From: Brian Cryer on 22 Apr 2010 07:18
"gufus" <stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca> wrote in message news:ZvLzn.60622$Ht4.2100(a)newsfe20.iad... > Hello, Quilljar! > > You wrote on Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:03:51 +0100: > > Q> I have used MSE with Win 7 64 bit since it came out and have no > problems > > Q> For belt and braces I have Immunet also installed. > > Whats this?? Wonders /new/ bell's and whistles. Immunet - AntiVirus, http://www.immunet.com/. Never heard of myself so would wonder whether its legit. Belt and braces - simply means to play safe by using more than one method (each of which on their own might be sufficient). The expression takes its origin from trousers (or "pants" for those from the US), where either a belt or braces could be used to keep them up, so using both is being doubly safe. -- Brian Cryer www.cryer.co.uk/brian |